The conversation had taken an unexpected turn. It is not often that people compare academic publishing and churchgoing. Nor would many think of using age as a measure of the credibility of an academic journal. Yet Akosua’s witty apercu, offered in an interview about academic publishing practices in Ghana, reveals an important truth. A scholarly journalâ€â€¦
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all member states ofthe United Nations in 2015, is a shared blueprint for people and the planet,intending to achieve peace and prosperity for all. The Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDGs) is a call to action, to develop innovative solutions to some of theworld’s most complex, societal, and environmental challenges. Businesses play acrucia…
his bibliography could never have been compiled without their solid research, critical questions, comments, suggestions, their unflaggingly strong support along the way, and, most importantly their friendship. They as well as other Dutch Spinoza scholars, like my Rotterdam colleagues Prof. Dr Wiep van Bunge and Prof. Dr Henri Krop, have always encourag…
A concise introduction to the basics of open access, describing what it is (and isn't) and showing that it is easy, fast, inexpensive, legal, and beneficial.The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work “open access”: digital, online, free of charge, and free of …